Aid groups offer Lebanon's migrant workers a virus lifeline


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Feb 2021

Maya Trad, field coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is pictured at her office in Beirut, Lebanon February 5, 2021. Picture taken February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Imad Creidi

BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Lebanon grapples with surging coronavirus infections and a financial crisis that has crushed its economy, migrant workers often cannot find the care they need if they test positive.

Desperate workers from Africa and Asia are turning to charities and aid organisations.

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